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-Object Elements are a subgroup of the elements in the [[:Category: Oblivion XML|Oblivion XML]] schema.  They define all of the "objects" in the menu - the background and images, the buttons, the text - anything visible is an object element.
+== Overview ==
+Object Elements are a subgroup of the elements in the [[:Category: Oblivion XML|Oblivion XML]] schema.  Every visible part of a menu - the background and images, the buttons, the text - is an object element.
-Object Elements are generally identified with a name (using the [[Trait|name trait]]), and can be interacted with by the player and by certain OBSE scripting functions.
+Object Elements are usually given a name to identify them using the [[XML Attribute|Name]] attribute, e.g. the image element that holds a menu's background texture might be:
+ <image name="background_texture"> </image>
+[[Operator Element|Operator Elements]] and [[:Category:UI Functions (OBSE)|OBSE menu functions]] generally refer to Objects by their name.
+Object Elements should not contain literal text or numbers.  Instead, they should have a series of [[Property Element]]s as children, which in turn will contain the various parameters that describe the object.  For example, the <text> element that holds the title of a menu might be defined like this:
+ <text name="title_text">   &lt;!-- [[#Text|Text]] element, [[XML Attribute|Name]] attribute is 'title_text' --&gt;
+   <x> 100 </x>   &lt;!-- position determined by <[[Property Element#Sizeable|x]]> & <[[Property Element#Sizeable|y]]> Property elements --&gt;
+   <y> 150 </y>
+   &lt;font> 2 &lt;/font>   &lt;!-- text font determined by <[[Property Element#Text|font]]> Property element--&gt;
+   <string>      &lt;!-- actual text determined by <[[Property Element#Text|string]]> Property element --&gt;
+     This is the Actual Title
+   </string>
+ </text>
+Below is a listing of common Object Elements, and the groups of Properties each can make use of.
 == Image ==
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 == Rect ==
-Defines a rectangular region (similar to an Image element), but without any visible effects.  Even so, a <Rect> element may have a [[Property Element#Rendered|Visible]] element as a child, which if set to false will hide the <Rect> element and all of its children.
+Defines a rectangular region (similar to an Image element), but without any visible effects.  Even so, a <Rect> element may have a [[Property Element#Rendered|Visible]] property, which if set to false will hide the <Rect> element and all of its children.
 '''Property Elements'''